Plow or cultivator attachment



J. T. BEASLEY. PLOW ORMCULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT.

PPPPPP ATION.F|LED JULY 19. 1918.

1,369,954. Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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ifs pec ification of Letters Ifatent I Paaema;1. 1921- Application filedJuly 19, 1918 Serial No. 245,728.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. BEASLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Blakely, in the county ofEarly and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plow or Cultivator Attachments; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which formapart of this specification.

My invention relates to plows or cultivators; and it has for its objectto provide an attachment comprising a share, colter, landside, andsteadying or guiding blade formed as a unitary structure and adapted forattachment to any approved type of plow beam and standard. Theattachment is particularly well adapted for use as a cultivator and alsoas a plow for working peanut vines. The broad share serves to cutbeneath the top soil the colter to cut in a vertical plane on thelandside and also serves as a landside, and the steadying or guidingblade, located beneath the standard,-serves to steady the implement andprevent skidding, and the colter also serves as a brace to stiffen theattachment and afiord strength at the union or juncture between thelandside, share and anchor.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear the'invention consists in the features hereinafterparticularly described and thensought to be clearly defined by theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a parthereof and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a plow beam and standardwith the attachment applied;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the attachment, 1wlilth the beam and standardshown in dotted es; v

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of Fig. 1.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates the share which lies in ahorizontal plane and has a substantially-V shaped front cutting edge 2,and a cut out portion 3 at the rear to permit the prompt depos1t of theupturned soil at the rear of the share and to reduce the frictionalcontact area of the v by bolts and nuts 11 but it may share. The colteris designated by the'numeral 4 and extends from the forward por-' blade7 which projects below the p ane of the share and is formed with acutting edge 8 curving rearwardly and downwardly from its juncture withthe share. This guiding blade serves to prevent skidding of theimplement when in use and also serves to act as a cutter for the rootsof vines along the landside below the line of the cut made by thecombined landside and colter. The share, landside and colter and guidingblade are made of steel andcut and bent or pressed into. the shapedescribed. The share is bracedand strengthened in a vertical plane bythe colter and landside and the latter is braced andstrengthened' in ahorizontal 7 plane by the share" and guiding blade, and the upperportion of the guiding blade and the landside and colter are stiffenedand braced by their union with the shank by which the attachment isconnected to the stock and beam. As shown, the attachment is connectedto the stock 9 of the beam 10 be otherwise attached. I The implement isadapted for attachment to any approved type of stock and beam, and ismade and put on the market as a unitary structure attachment. Whennecessary it is readily detached from the stockand its cutting edgessharpened and then replaced, and when worn out is easily replacedbyanother. Having described the invention and its merits what I claimis:

1. An attachment for cultivators or plows comprising a horizontallydisposed share, a

landside and colter along one side of the cess or cut out portlon at therear, a verti V wardly and rearwardl call disposed 'COItGIiBBd lands'ideat one side of the share and formed with a downwardly and forwardlyinclined upper cutting edge, and a guiding blade disposed at the "mar01': the colter and landside and projectingbelow the plane of the shareandhavin'g a"'d0'wn- V curved lower c'litting edge, share, c0 Ger andland'sideihd guiding blade being fofimd as a unitary structure. 1

In 't'e'stimon whereof I afiix my Signature in presenee twd' witnesses.

' 7 JOHN T. BEASLEY. Witn'emes':

W. W; FLEMING,

LAKE.

